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Elkins' mother, aunt and sister have also been arrested on various charges alleging that they have hindered the investigation.

The sister, 19-year-old Sabrina Elkins, was arrested on an evidence tampering charge, the Glynn County Sheriff's Office said.

She is accusing her of helping her mother get rid of the gun authorities say was used to kill the child.

Police found the weapon in a pond about 2 miles from where the baby was shot March 21.

'Just took a walk with my baby'

The child's mother, Sherry West put the toddler, Antonio Santiago, in a stroller that day because she said it was good exercise for her heart. West was disabled from a past car accident.

"I just took a walk with my baby," West said. "I can't believe that this would happen, and I left early in the morning. I thought you know that there would be less people on the road and I wouldn't be in anybody's way walking down that road.

"Apparently, either he targeted me or I was just unfortunate," she said of her encounter with the gunman.

West said the incident occurred at 9 a.m. Thursday as she was walking home from the post office.

She said two teenagers came up to her. One pointed a gun at her and told her that if she didn't give him her money, he would shoot her and shoot her baby,

West said the teen fired at her, hitting her in one leg and barely missing her head. The teen, she said, then shot her baby in the face.